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9780792366591

Stellar Astrophysics

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    9780792366591

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    079236659X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-11-01
  • Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub
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Summary

This volume consists of sixty-two papers contributed by one hundred and twenty authors/co-authors working in the field of stellar research. The conference was the fifth of the Pacific Rim Stellar Conference series and was the second time that Hong Kong hosted the series. These conferences started in 1985, concentrating on binary star research. Over the years, the series has grown wider in scope. During this conference, three topics were covered: binary stars, compact stars, and solar-type stars. Though a 'Pacific Rim' conference, many of the ninety participants were from far regions of the world. The contributions to this proceeding are categorized according to the expertise of the participants into the following six groups: solar/stellar evolution and observational constraints, physics of compact stars and pulsars, observational constraints, physics of binary stars, binary stars with an accretion disk, and observations and theory of high-energy phenomena. The volume contains many updated reviews in these research areas and is a very useful reference for graduate students and researchers.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
Section I - Stellar (Solar) Evolution and Observational Constrains
The dynamo effect in stars
1(8)
Brandenburg, Axel
Differential rotation, meridional flow and a high-prandtl number solar/stellar dynamo
9(8)
Ruediger, Guenther
Generation of the angular velocity shear near the solar surface
17(8)
Chan, Kwing Lam
2D numerical simulation of stellar convection---An overview
25(12)
Steffen, Mattias
The atmospheric dynamics in 2D and 3D simulations of stellar surface convection
37(8)
Ludwig, Hans-Guenter
Nordlund, Ake
Rotating turbulent compressible convection in a shell
45(6)
Robinson, Frank J.
Nuclear Astrophysics with radioactive beams
51(10)
Wong, Samuel S.M.
Section II - Physics of Compact Stars and Pulsars
Pulsars at Parkes
61(10)
Manchester, Richard N.
Spark model for drifting subpulses in pulsars
71(10)
Gil, Janusz A.
Sendyk, M.
The observation of pulsars at Urumqi Astronomical Observatory
81(8)
Wu, Xinji
Wang, Na
Zhang, Jin
Esamdin, Ali
Manchester, R.N.
Cheng, K.S.
Lyne A.G.
Yusup, Aili
Zhang, Hongbo
Kang, Liansen
Jin, Shenzen
Thermal X-ray pulses resulting from pulsar glitches
89(6)
Tang, Anisia P.S.
Cheng, K.S.
Starquake-induced glitches in pulsars
95(10)
Epstein, Richard I.
Link, Bennett
Thermal evolution of neutron stars
105(12)
Tsuruta, Sachiko
Probing the neutron star interior with glitches
117(10)
Link, Bennett
Epstein, Richard I.
Lattimer, James M.
Physics of neutron star kicks
127(10)
Lai, Dong
Collapsing strange quark matter in Vaidya geometry-a possible source of gamma ray bursts
137(6)
Harko, T.
Cheng, K.S.
Conversion of neutron stars into strange stars
143(6)
Ng, Kin Wang
Do strange stars exist in the universe?
149(12)
Bombaci, Ignazio
Oscillations of quark stars
161(8)
Yip, C.W.
Chu, Ming Chung
Leung, P.T.
A new indicator for the spectral states and state transitions in Cygnus 1
169(6)
Wen, Linqing
Cui, Wei
Bradt, Hale V.
Section III - Binary Stars I: Observation Technique and Modeling
Does rotation alone determine whether an A-type star's spectrum is abnormal or normal?
175(6)
Abt, Helmut A.
Willmarth, Daryl W.
The distribution of separations of binaries
181(10)
Poveda, Arcadio
Allen, Christine
Herrera, M.A.
Coronal activity of near-contact binaries
191(6)
Shaw, J. Scott
Smith, Erin
ISO-sws studies of Wolf-Rayet stars: Neon abundances
197(14)
van der Hucht, Karel A.
Morris, Patrick W.
Dessart, Luc
Crowther, Paul A.
Willis, Allan J.
Hillier, D. John
Williams, Peredur M.
Short time scale variation of a near-contact binary system, GR Tauri
211(10)
Soonthornthum, Boonraksar
Yang, Y.
Qingyao, L.
Tanvanichkul, B.
General relativistic hydrodynamic equation in multiple system
221(8)
Xu, Chongming
Wu, Xuejun
Bruening, Erwin
Section IV - Binary Star with Accretion Disk
Explanation of the O'Connell effect of a close binary
229(14)
Liu, Qingyao
Yang, Yulan
Effects of the Blandford-Znajek process on evolution of radial structure of black hole accretion disks
243(6)
Wang, Ding-Xiong
Theory of accretion disks and applications in Astrophysics
249(8)
Yang, Lantian
Lu, Y.
Ding, S.X.
A cellular automation model for the power law noise of an accretion disc
257(10)
Chau, Hoi Fung
Tang, W.S.
X-ray spectral variations of X-ray nova XTE J1550-564 during the rising phase of the 1998 outburst
267(8)
Wu, Xuebing
Zhang, S.N.
Yao, Yangsen
Su, Xuejun
Cui, Wei
Chen, Wan
A new parameter in accretion disk model
275(6)
Yuan, Feng
Photometric Project for Zero-age Contact and Near Contact Binary Systems
281(2)
Leung, Kam Ching
Balmer decrement and the structure of Be-star envelopes
283(8)
Kogure, Tomokazu
Symbiotic stars with highly resolved emission line profiles
291(6)
Tamura, Shin'ichi
Ikeda, Yuji
Section V - High Energy Phenomena I: Observations
Long-term X-ray variability in X-ray binaries: RXTE/ASM and BATSE data
297(8)
Kong, Albert K.H.
Charles, P.A.
X-rays from millisecond pulsars
305(14)
Becker, Werner
Long-term variability properties and periodicity analysis for blazars
319(6)
Fan, Junhui
Section VI - High Energy Phenomena II: Theories
The optical, X-ray and gamma-ray light curves and spectra of PSRB0540-69 and PSR B1509-58
325(14)
Cheng, K.S.
Zhang, L.
Analytical studies on the structure and emission of the SS 433 jets
339(10)
Shibazaki, Noriaki
Inoue, Hajime
Hoshi, Reiun
Magnetically driven warping, precession and resonances in accretion disks
349(6)
Lai, Dong
What do gamma-ray bursts look like?
355(14)
Lu, Tan
Energy and radiation mechanisms of gamma-ray bursts
369(10)
Dai, Zigao
Cheng, K.S.
On the inverse Compton scattering model of radio pulsars
379(6)
Qiao, G.J.
Xu, Ren Xin
Liu, J.F.
Han, J.L.
Zhang, B.
The effect of ICS on GRB afterglows
385(8)
Wei, Daming
A possible mechanism for the metallicity of the first generation star
393(6)
Lu, Ye; Zhao, G.
Shi, J.R.
Poster Session
The influence of the stellar mass ratio on spiral shocks in accretion disks around compact objects
399(6)
Lanzafame, Giuseppe
Maravigna, Fabio
Belvedere, Gaetano
Rotating neutron stars for a new microscopic equation of state
405(6)
Bombaci, Ignazio
Thampan, A.V.
Datta, B.
The radial, vertical and azimuthal instability of an isothermal disc with three-dimensional magnetic field
411(6)
Ding, Shixue
Yang, L.T.
Lu, Y.
Orbital period of the low-inclination SW Sextantis star V442 Ophiuchi
417(6)
Hoard, Donald W.
Thorstensen, John R.
Szkody, Paula
A new mass function of a symbiotic star, HBV475
423(6)
Ikeda, Yuji
Tamura, Shin'ichi
New cataclysmic variables from RASS
429(4)
Jiang, Xiaojun
Engels, D.
Wei, J.Y.
Hu, J.Y.
Oxygen abundance evolution in the solar neighborhood
433(6)
Liang, Yanchun
Zhao, G.
Shi, J.R.
Three very metal-poor, extremely wide binaries
439(6)
Allen, Christine
Proveda, Arcadio
Herrera, M.A.
Lithium in G dwarfs
445(6)
Qiu, HongMei
Zhao, G.
Li, Z.W.
Optical observations of the X-ray transients X1658-298 and X1608-522
451(6)
Wachter, Stefanie
Smale, Alan P.
Study of reddening in the young open cluster NGC 6913
457(6)
Wang, Jun-Jie
Hu, Jing-Yao
Luminosity of type IA supernovae and Hubble constant
463(12)
Wang, Xiaofeng
Li, Zongewei
The explanation for the strange shape of mean pule of pulsar PSR J2019+2425
475(6)
Wu, Xinji
Pan, J.
Xu, X.B.
An explanation of the change in the orbital period of the contact binary V781 Tauri
481(10)
Yang, Yulan
Liu, Qingyao
The circumstellar evelope of the POST-AGB star
491(4)
Yu, Zhiyao
Chapman, J.
The Statistical of X-ray Emission from Galactic Young Pulsars
495(6)
Zhang, Li
Cheng, K.S.
A Poly-compont Model for Galactic Halo
501(4)
Zhang, Yuan-Zhong
Jin, Ke-Jian
Author Index 505

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